The successful candidate will receive the following financial support for 1 year (renewable for up to 3 years): full tuition fee waiving of the Doctoral Programme in Civil Engineering (EUR 2750 per academic year).

Number of Grants Available |2

Application period | From the 13th of November to the 15th of December, 2017

This webinar provides a chance to learn about the investigation and findings from the International Energy Agency (IEA) Energy in Buildings and Community (EBC) Annex 56 project. Topics include investigating how far it is possible to go with energy conservation and efficiency measures, and when to start using renewable energy produced on site for the cost-effective renovation of the existing building stock with a nearly-zero energy and emissions target.

The PLURIS represents the continuation of the partnership between researchers from Brazil and Portugal since 2005. It constitutes a technical and scientific multidisciplinary association, bringing together professionals working on the following topics: Environment and Energy; Groundbreaking and Intelligent Cities; Mobility and Transport; and Regional and Urban Planning.

A changing world requires flexible cities and territories, which can be able to present themselves to their inhabitants, visitors, users and partners in building urban dynamics in a context of safety, and also be inducers of wellbeing and initiative.

The I Workshop of the PhD Students in Civil Engineering took place on the last 19th and 20th of september, at the Main Auditorium of the Shcool of Engineering of the University of Minho. It was two days fully devoted to the scientific interaction and to the PhD works' presentation, that also counted on prestigious scientific contributions in various Civil Engineering main areas.

About CTAC

The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

Currently CTAC aggregates 37 researchers holding a PhD of which 27 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department.